[recoznet2] Minister requests 'illegal' embassy structure removal
ABC News: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:23 AEST Minister requests 'illegal' embassy structure removal Territories Minister Ian MacDonald has confirmed the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra has received a letter requesting illegal structures be removed from the site. But the Minister's office denies the letter threatens eviction. The letter has been described as conciliatory by a staffer in Senator MacDonald's office. He says it flags the idea of permanent recognition of the site, but does call for so-called illegal structures to be removed. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Elkedra
as far as I know, both of us are just plain ol' white fellas :) peace re yup... turns out that we are... pretty ironic, huh? David has been able to give some excellent info pooling resources is wind under everyone's wings - fly high fellas :) national aboriginal history and heritage council may be intersted in the problems that face people researching - many are doing it so if info that was being searched was pooled, then u two would be laying floor boards for those following to walk on - saves reinventing wheels to travel the same paths --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] embassy
irene wrote: the embassy needs help: lobby for the protection of the embassy: email the embassy and offer assistance, forward message on etc. Aboriginal Tent Embassy Embassadors Ray Swan, Isabel Coe, Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma will be touring NSW this August. In it's 27th year of occupation, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy still spearheads the struggle for recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty and for freedom and justice. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in it's peaceful presence poses the following fundamental question: By what authority does the British Crown or Australian government have sovereign right over the lands and Peoples of the Aboriginal Nations? In the upcoming speaking tour Embassy Embassadors intend to discuss this fundamental question and inform the general public or recent events and developments in the struggle. Topics to be discussed include: Sovereignty/Land Rights Self-Determination Informed consent The continuation of genocide Freedom and peace *ITINERARY* Tuesday, 3rd August, 7pm, Woollongong University Bar, Woollongong, NSW An exhibition of art and artefacts associated with the Embassy will be held at the Bondi Pavillion on 7/8 August Wednesday, 11 August 1pm at the University of New South Wales in Central Lecture Block 4, and that night at the Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. There will possibly also be meetings on other metropolitan campuses. Thursday, 12th August, 12pm at the University of Technology Sydney' Broadway Campus, Level 4 Friday, 13th August, 7pm Wollongong Community Hall, Crown Street Saturday, 14th August, 12pm at Wollongong Harbour (to be confirmed) Tuesday, 17th August, 1pm Macquarie University at the bar Wednesday, 18th August, 12pm, Newcastle University, Wollotoka Center Thursday, 19th August, 12pm, at University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, Aboriginal Education Center. Friday, 20th August, Blue Mountains, Katoomba Community Hall. Are you interested in having speakers come to your community from the Embassy, please do not hesitate to contact us at: -- Press Release press release press release press release THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY IS ON THE MOVE EMBASSADORS FROM THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY WILL BE EMBARKING ON A NATIONAL SOVEREIGN RIDE TO SING UP ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY THE TOUR IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL AND CONCERNED GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA In it's 27th year of occupation, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy still spearheads the struggle for recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty and for freedom and justice. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in it's peaceful presence poses the following fundamental question: By what authority does the British Crown or the Australian government have sovereign right over the lands and Peoples of the Aboriginal Nations? OBJECTIVES OF THE TOUR IS TO BRING THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY TO THE COMMUNITIES TO GIVE ALL COMMUNITIES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON THE SOVEREIGN ISSUES CONCERNING ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND NATIONS IN AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES TO STOP THE WAR CRIMES FROM CONTINUING AGAINST ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AND CALL FOR PEACE, BEFORE RECONCILIATION. DISCLOSE THE CONTINUATION OF GENOCIDE, BEING PERPETRATED UPON ABORIGINAL PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLE THE NATIVE TITLE ACT AND AMENDMENTS. CALL UPON THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY TO HONOUR ALL INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO STOP FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE SELF EMPOWERMENT FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE The speaking tour starts on the 3 August 1999 and will continue until JUSTICE IS SERVED Are you interested in having speakers come to your community from the Embassy, please do not hesitate to contact us at: ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY PO BOX 71, NARRABUNDAH ACT 2604 Telephone/Fax: (02) 6295 0493 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.aboriginaltentembassy.com.au Press Release press release press release press release PRESS RELEASE Background: Aboriginal Tent Embassy has been exisiting since 1972, calling for Australia to keep up with international standards which it lacks concerning Aboriginal Peoples and Nations. Part of Prime Minister Howard's 1998 election victory speech was to have a "true and just reconciliation" 25 Jan 1999: Aboriginal Tent Embassy under attack because it is an eyesore to Australia. Cabinet enacted an 40 year old law. to remove embassy. 26 Jan 1999 INVASION DAY, Corroboree for Aboriginal Sovereignty held at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. 27 Jan 1999 Declaration for Peace issued. 8-16 February 1999 Calls sent out to Aboriginal Communities to come to show support to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. 8 February 1999: Aboriginal Tent Embassy demands that Prime Minister, Howard and all politicians talk to the Aboriginal people at the Tent Embassy about the crisis concerning Aboriginal Peoples throughout the
[recoznet2] AAP: International indigenous campaign meets opposition
International indigenous campaign meets opposition AAP -- In 1985, leaders of more than 300 million indigenous peoples in over 70 countries started campaigning for a UN declaration recognising their right to self determination and land. But indigenous leaders say their campaign has run into strong opposition on those two key demands from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. As representatives of native peoples from around the globe gathered yesterday at the United Nations to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, there was no celebration - just a sobering assessment of the struggles ahead. "Indigenous people have been basically ignored in many cases, are some of the poorest of the poor, and are also some of the most excluded in the development process," said Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, the World Bank representative at the United Nations. "They are facing serious discrimination in terms of human rights, property, and also culture and citizenship," he told a news conference. Indigenous leaders have been campaigning for a UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People to take the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights a step further and affirm that indigenous peoples are equal in dignity and rights to all other peoples - but also have a right to be different. A draft declaration, adopted in 1994 and currently being considered by a working group of the Geneva-based UN Commission on Human Rights, would protect religious practices and ceremonies of indigenous peoples, their languages and oral traditions. It would also give indigenous peoples - including native Americans and Canadians, Australian Aborigines, New Zealand Maoris, and South American Quechua and Mapuche - the right to self-determination and the right to own, develop, control and use their traditional lands, waters and other resources. "This declaration is making very slow progress," said Bacre Waly Ndiaye, director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "For many governments, it's very important to allow prospecting for gold and for oil anywhere - and they're clashing with people for whom the land where they want to prospect is sacred," he said. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
